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ARC381Y1 - Technology Studio IV

This studio continues to explore the role of technology in design and promotes innovation in design tool development, building systems, simulation and visualization. Emphasis will be on applying knowledge gained in earlier coursework in a project-based studio setting using computational techniques, physical model making, and 1:1 fabrication and prototyping.

Prerequisite: ARC380Y1
Exclusion: ARC362Y1, ARC364Y1
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)
Enrolment Limits: This course is restricted to students in the Specialist in Architectural Studies: Technology of Architecture, Landscape, and Urbanism Stream

ARC382H1 - Structures, Building Systems, and Environments II

Continued exploration of the principles of structural and environmental design, the technologies of building and landscape systems, and the methods and frameworks in which the built environment is constructed. The calculation of quantitative criteria is taught through first-principles explorations.

Prerequisite: ARC281H1
Breadth Requirements: Living Things and Their Environment (4)
Enrolment Limits: This course is open to Daniels Faculty students and to students outside of the Faculty

ARC383H1 - Technologies of Architecture, Landscape, Urbanism, and Art II

Building upon the themes and topics explored in Technologies of Architecture, Landscape, Urbanism, and Art I, this course will investigate how technology has shaped the disciplines of design and art through a series of case studies that describe paradigmatic episodes at the nexus of architecture, landscape architecture, urbanism, and art.

Prerequisite: ARC181H1 and 1.0 credit in ARC200-level lecture courses
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
Enrolment Limits: This course is open to Daniels Faculty students and to students outside of the Faculty

ARC384H1 - Selected Topics in Technology of Architecture: Machine Design Practices

An exploration of the various creative machine practices available to designers. This course ill introduce the history of machine design practices in architecture, art, and design. History and Theory will be augmented through physical engagement of creative machine practices.

Prerequisite: ARC280H1
Breadth Requirements: The Physical and Mathematical Universes (5)
Enrolment Limits: This course is open to Daniels Faculty students and to students outside of the Faculty

ARC385H1 - Physical Computing

An exploration of the relationship between computation design and approaches to physical interaction. The course will explore a range of approaches for integrating computation into the physical realm through a series of projects using physical computing prototyping tools.

Prerequisite: ARC280H1
Breadth Requirements: The Physical and Mathematical Universes (5)
Enrolment Limits: This course is open to Daniels Faculty students and to students outside of the Faculty

ARC386H1 - Landscape Ecology

An introduction to the principles of landscape ecology, addressing the application of evolving scientific understanding to contemporary landscape architecture and urban design practice.

Prerequisite: 1.0 credit at the 200-level lecture course
Exclusion: ARC341H1
Breadth Requirements: Living Things and Their Environment (4)
Enrolment Limits: This course is open to Daniels Faculty students and to students outside of the Faculty

ARC387H1 - Landscape Topography and Hydrology

An introduction to the manipulation of landform and water in the urban context, studied through digital fabrication and metrics.

Prerequisite: 1.0 credit at the 200-level lecture course
Exclusion: ARC341H1
Breadth Requirements: Living Things and Their Environment (4)
Enrolment Limits: This course is open to Daniels Faculty students and to students outside of the Faculty

ARC395H1 - Design Build Studio

An opportunity for degree students in their third year in the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design to work on an intensive design-build project.


Prerequisite: ARC200H1, ARC201H1. An application must be submitted to the Program Director.
Enrolment Limits: This course is restricted to Daniels Faculty students

ARC399H1 - Research Opportunity Program

An opportunity for degree students in their third year in the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design to work on the research project of a professor in return for 399H1 course credit.

Prerequisite: 1.0 credit at the 300-level in ARC courses. An application must be submitted to the Program Director.
Enrolment Limits: This course is restricted to Daniels Faculty students

ARC399Y1 - Research Opportunity Program

An opportunity for degree students in their third year in the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design to work on the research project of a professor in return for 399Y1 course credit.

Prerequisite: 1.0 credit at the 300-level in ARC courses. An application must be submitted to the program director.
Enrolment Limits: This course is restricted to Daniels Faculty students

ARC426H1 - Working with Wood

Wood has been an important building material throughout the ages and in today's world has taken on the added importance of being a renewable and sustainable material that assists with greenhouse gas mitigation strategies. This course will provide students with an understanding of wood’s unique physical properties, the variability of these properties within different species and how these properties can inform its proper use in various applications. The Canadian forestry industry sets the context for this course acknowledging that forests transcend political borders and reach around the world.

Prerequisite: 1.0 credit at the 300-level in ARC courses
Breadth Requirements: The Physical and Mathematical Universes (5)

ARC451H1 - Advanced Topics in the History and Theory of Architecture

Examination of an advanced topic in the history and theory of architecture. The focus of the course changes depending on the instructors research specialty as well as current issues.

Prerequisite: 1.0 credit at the 300-level in ARC courses
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
Enrolment Limits: This course is open to Daniels Faculty students and to students outside of the Faculty

ARC452H1 - Advanced Topics in the History and Theory of Landscape Architecture

Examination of an advanced topic in the history and theory of landscape architecture. The focus of the course changes depending on the instructors research specialty as well as current issues.

Prerequisite: 1.0 credit at the 300-level in ARC courses
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
Enrolment Limits: This course is open to Daniels Faculty students and to students outside of the Faculty

ARC453H1 - Advanced Topics in the History and Theory of Urbanism

Examination of an advanced topic in the history and theory of urbanism. The focus of the course changes depending on the instructors research specialty as well as current issues.

Prerequisite: 1.0 credit at the 300-level in ARC courses
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
Enrolment Limits: This course is open to Daniels Faculty students and to students outside of the Faculty

ARC456H1 - Senior Seminar in History and Theory (Research)

Through individual and group efforts, students will address a collective topic of critical importance to the disciplines of architecture, landscape architecture, and urban design within areas of faculty expertise.

Prerequisite: 2.0 credits from ARC351H1, ARC352H1, ARC353H1, ARC354H1, ARC355H1, ARC356H1, ARC357H1, VIS330H1, VIS332H1, with a final average of 80% and permission of the Program Director.
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)
Enrolment Limits: This course is restricted to students in the Specialist in Architectural Studies: History and Theory of Architecture, Landscape, and Urbanism Stream

ARC457Y1 - Senior Seminar in History and Theory (Thesis)

This course gives students experience in engaging a multidisciplinary urban problem that spans the design, history and theory, and technology of the design disciplines. It is a team-oriented project-based course in which students will develop a collaborative project.

Prerequisite: ARC456H1/ARC461H1/ARC486H1 with a final grade of 80% and permission of the Program Director
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)
Enrolment Limits: This course is restricted to students in the following streams within the Specialist in Architectural Studies: Design of Architecture, Landscape, and Urbanism Stream; History and Theory of Architecture, Landscape, and Urbanism Stream; and Technology of Architecture, Landscape, and Urbanism Stream

ARC461H1 - Senior Seminar in Design (Research)

Through individual and group efforts, students will address a collective topic of critical importance to the disciplines of architecture, landscape architecture, and urban design within areas of faculty expertise.

Prerequisite: ARC362Y1/ARC364Y1 with a final grade of 80% and permission of the Program Director
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)
Enrolment Limits: This course is restricted to students in the Specialist in Architectural Studies: Design of Architecture, Landscape, and Urbanism Stream

ARC462Y1 - Senior Seminar in Design (Thesis)

This course gives students experience in engaging a multidisciplinary urban problem that spans the design, history and theory, and technology of the design disciplines. It is a team-oriented project-based course in which students will develop a collaborative project.

Prerequisite: ARC456H1/ARC461H1/ARC486H1 with a final grade of 80% and permission of the Program Director
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)
Enrolment Limits: This course is restricted to students in the following streams within the Specialist in Architectural Studies: Design of Architecture, Landscape, and Urbanism Stream; History and Theory of Architecture, Landscape, and Urbanism Stream; and Technology of Architecture, Landscape, and Urbanism Stream

ARC465H1 - Advanced Topics in Architecture

Examination of an advanced topic in the design of architecture. The focus of the course changes depending upon the instructors research specialty or current issues in architecture.

Prerequisite: 1.0 credit at the 300-level in ARC courses
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)
Enrolment Limits: This course is restricted to Daniels Faculty students

ARC466H1 - Advanced Topics in Landscape Architecture

Examination of an advanced topic in the design of landscape architecture. The focus of the course changes depending upon the instructors research specialty or current issues in landscape architecture.

Prerequisite: 1.0 credit at the 300-level in ARC courses
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)
Enrolment Limits: This course is restricted to Daniels Faculty students

ARC467H1 - Advanced Topics in Urban Design

Examination of an advanced topic in the design of urbanism. The focus of the course changes depending upon the instructors research specialty or current issues in urban design.

Prerequisite: 1.0 credit at the 300-level in ARC courses
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)
Enrolment Limits: This course is restricted to Daniels Faculty students

ARC480H1 - Advanced Topics in the Technology of Architecture

Examination of an advanced topic in the technology of architecture. The focus of the course changes depending upon the instructors research specialty or current issues in landscape architecture.

Prerequisite: 1.0 credit at the 300-level in ARC courses.
Breadth Requirements: The Physical and Mathematical Universes (5)
Enrolment Limits: This course is restricted to Daniels Faculty students

ARC481H1 - Advanced Topics in the Technology of Landscape Architecture

Examination of an advanced topic in the technology of landscape architecture. The focus of the course changes depending upon the instructors research specialty or current issues in landscape architecture.

Prerequisite: ARC382H1
Breadth Requirements: Living Things and Their Environment (4)
Enrolment Limits: This course is restricted to Daniels Faculty students

ARC482H1 - Advanced Topics in the Technology of Urbanism

Examination of an advanced topic in the technology of urbanism. The focus of the course changes depending upon the instructors research specialty or current issues in landscape architecture.

Prerequisite: ARC382H1
Breadth Requirements: The Physical and Mathematical Universes (5)
Enrolment Limits: This course is restricted to Daniels Faculty students

ARC483H1 - Advanced Topics in Building Science

Examination of an advanced topic in building science. The focus of the course changes depending upon the instructor’s research specialty or current issues in architecture, landscape architecture, and urbanism.

Prerequisite: ARC382H1
Enrolment Limits: This course is restricted to Daniels Faculty students

ARC486H1 - Senior Seminar in Technology (Research)

Through individual and group efforts, students will address a collective topic of critical importance to the disciplines of architecture, landscape architecture, and urban design within areas of faculty expertise.

Prerequisite: ARC381Y1 with a final grade of 80% and permission of the Program Director
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)
Enrolment Limits: This course is restricted to students in the Specialist in Architectural Studies: Technology of Architecture, Landscape, and Urbanism Stream

ARC487Y1 - Senior Seminar in Technology (Thesis)

This course gives students experience in engaging a multidisciplinary urban problem that spans the design, history and theory, and technology of the design disciplines. It is a team-oriented project-based course in which students will develop a collaborative project.

Prerequisite: ARC456H1/ARC461H1/ARC486H1 with a final grade of 80% and permission of the Program Director
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)
Enrolment Limits: This course is restricted to students in the following streams within the Specialist in Architectural Studies: Design of Architecture, Landscape, and Urbanism Stream; History and Theory of Architecture, Landscape, and Urbanism Stream; and Technology of Architecture, Landscape, and Urbanism Stream

ARC490Y1 - Multidisciplinary Urban Capstone Project

An experience in multi-disciplinary architectural practice through a significant, open-ended, client-driven design project in which student teams address stakeholder needs through the use of a creative and iterative design process.

Prerequisite: 2.0 credits from ARC351H1ARC352H1ARC353H1ARC354H1ARC355H1ARC356H1ARC357H1VIS330H1VIS332H1, with a final average of 80% and, Permission of the Program Director and MUCP admissions committee. 

Exclusion: ARC456H1/ ARC457Y1/ ARC461H1/ ARC462Y1/ ARC486H1/ ARC487Y1

ARC491H1 - Multidisciplinary Capstone Design Seminar

The seminar is an optional co-requisite available to students participating in ARC490Y. It offers a critical consideration of ongoing design work for their respective Capstone Projects in a series of collaborative sessions, and allows students to advance aspects of their multidisciplinary designs through an architectural, urban or landscape design lens. This includes the creation of portfolio or multimedia content as a final stage of the design process.

The course will include group meetings, pinups and presentations, and independent design work.

Corequisite: ARC490Y1

ARC495Y1 - Architectural Studies Internship

An opportunity for degree students who have completed their third year in the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design to bridge academic knowledge and professional practice through design research.

Prerequisite: 1.0 credit ARC 300-level courses. An application must be submitted to the Program Director.
Enrolment Limits: This course is restricted to Daniels Faculty students.